2014 Cheap books on UTS Campus

WELCOME  2014 STUDENTS

International students have expressed their joy at being able to buy books cheaper – half price or less at our shop. They find new book prices in Sydney a real shock. Local students have expressed excitement when they find the book they need so cheaply. Saying their student budget is so tight these days – it really makes a difference between being able to buy their course textbooks or not.

FROM MARCH 10-21
Bookshop hours  Monday to Friday :
SHOP 1: Broadway: 10am - 630pm and Friday 10am - 5pm
SHOP 2: Haymarket 12-630pm and Friday 12-3pm

FROM MARCH 24
Bookshop hours  Monday to Friday :
SHOP 1: Broadway 12-430pm and late night Thursday open til 630pm
SHOP 2: Haymarket 12-630pm ( closed 3-330pm) and Friday 12-3pm

BOTH BOOKSHOPS are OPEN FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SEMESTER extended hours
from FEBRUARY 24 to March 7.

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY : 9am-6pm. 
LATE NIGHT THURSDAY: 9-8pm
FRIDAY: 9-6pm 

Hope you had  a happy time with friends and family over the Recess.
It's time to buy or sell pre-loved textbooks cheaply for the upcoming semester with the STUDENTS ASSOCIATION SECOND HAND BOOKSHOP
Come see us first for your second hand textbooks.

PLEASE REGISTER BOOKS to SELL FROM FEBRUARY 1st ONLINE
( Bookshop Server offline until Feb 1 http://www.sa.uts.edu.au/books): 
then bring your books to our shops on campus  from FEB 10.

1. BROADWAY BOOKSHOP from MONDAY FEBRUARY 10 ( TEL 9514 7788)
TOWER BUILDING BROADWAY CAMPUS LEVEL 3 down ramp from café on concourse
Broadway Mon -Fri: 12-430pm and Thursday late night til 8pm.

2. HAYMARKET BOOKSHOP REOPENS MON FEBRUARY 17- MARCH 10th ( TEL 9514 3650)
CM05A1.12 in the GREEN SPACE behind UTS LIBRARY
Mon- Fri 12-3pm and Mon - Thu 5-8pm



SUSTAINABILITY at UNIVERSITIES

I’m excited to manage a sustainable business that promotes ethical consumerism, an opportunity to re-use books – saving them from landfill and an opportunity for students to re-sell their books here on the UTS campus to other students, lowering the transportation costs of the product. To be part of a process to re-educate consumers to look at second hand – first, before buying new and to lower their education costs is rewarding.  Re-using textbooks means less trees need to be pulped into the production of new books. 

The challenge in the sustainability of books is to encourage and enquire with UTS Faculty Heads and University Teaching staff about the possibilities how to extend the life of the textbook. Could they consider, not only using the latest edition but possibly using one previous edition of a textbook to extend the sustainability – the life of a book?

From the feedback from students and my observation - quite often the theory or content is the same but case studies or examples change or maybe one chapter and sometimes only the order of the chapters of the book changes. It seems a shame for students to miss out on buying previous editions more cheaply, students unable to re-sell the book the bought recently and that these books would end up in landfill.

We all need to be part of the sustainability solutions. I would love to hear suggestions from UTS and also Publishers about how to extend the sustainability –life of a textbook. Publishers need to make money but could Publishers consider printed supplements or e-book supps of any small changes for a secondary market to those students on a lower income. Lower income International scholarship students and lower income students struggle to buy new and usually buy second hand or not at all. Therefore if they can buy second hand and buy a cheap update supplement everyone wins – including the environment.

– Please Add your comments and suggestions add your support for the Students Association Second Hand Textbook shop on our blog

Please CHECK OUT UTS GREEN SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES: http://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/uts-green/sustainability-uts